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From: Carbon on 18 Feb 2010 20:26 On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:30:41 -0500, BAR wrote: > In article <4b7dcb52$0$27203$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... >> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:24:00 -0800, John B. wrote: >> >>> I don't wany my access to all the above to be dependent on my >>> employment and how much my employer is willing to spend on health >>> insurance. If I were to lose my job, I wouldn't be able to afford >>> the medications I depend on. If I were to sell my house and take my >>> kids out of college so I could afford to buy my own insurance >>> policy, it wouldn't cover my meds because they would be deemed to be >>> for a pre- existing condition. What's your solution to that, Bert? >> >> Don't get sick. And if you do, die quickly. > > Access to health care is not dependent upon employment. > > If you were better at negotiating pay with your employer and you did a > better job saving money you would have enough money to pay for your > health care. Instead you have abdicated your personal responsibility > to someone else which has made you dependent upon their generosity and > goodwill. > > When the teat is taken away you are lost and can't figure out where > your next meal is coming from. Thank you, but I've heard all this clueless propaganda before. I am in favor of universal healthcare because it is cheaper and more humane. You obviously do not know the first thing about it, and yet you are positive that you're right.
From: John B. on 18 Feb 2010 20:52 On Feb 18, 6:16 pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:18:15 +0000, assimilate wrote: > > On 17-Feb-2010, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > >>>> Obviously, that totally misses the point. The point would be the > >>>> systemic corruption that makes such gross overbilling an everyday > >>>> event. > > >>> Stop whining. > > >> I should just allow myself to be raped like all you ideologues, huh? > > > Better that than I get raped by your Universal Healthcare. > > Please find any country on the planet with universal healthcare that has > higher per capita healthcare costs than the United States. Go ahead, > we'll wait. And while you're at it, find an industrialized country whose health care costs are as large a proportion of GDP as ours, or consume as much of the federal budget as ours.
From: dene on 18 Feb 2010 20:59 "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:4b7dcb52$0$27203$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:24:00 -0800, John B. wrote: > Don't get sick. And if you do, die quickly. AKA Obama's proposed medicare cuts. -Greg
From: John B. on 18 Feb 2010 20:55 On Feb 18, 7:30 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > In article <4b7dcb52$0$27203$9a6e1...(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... > > > > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:24:00 -0800, John B. wrote: > > > On Feb 17, 8:14 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > > >> In article <4b7c5da2$0$4850$9a6e1...(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > > >> nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... > > > > I don't wany my access to all the above to be dependent on my > > > employment and how much my employer is willing to spend on health > > > insurance. If I were to lose my job, I wouldn't be able to afford the > > > medications I depend on. If I were to sell my house and take my kids > > > out of college so I could afford to buy my own insurance policy, it > > > wouldn't cover my meds because they would be deemed to be for a pre- > > > existing condition. What's your solution to that, Bert? > > > Don't get sick. And if you do, die quickly. > > Access to health care is not dependent upon employment. > > If you were better at negotiating pay with your employer and you did a > better job saving money you would have enough money to pay for your > health care. Instead you have abdicated your personal responsibility to > someone else which has made you dependent upon their generosity and > goodwill. > > When the teat is taken away you are lost and can't figure out where your > next meal is coming from. That is truly inane.
From: assimilate on 18 Feb 2010 23:54
On 18-Feb-2010, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote: > How can I have a narrow mind and a fat head > at the same time? My wife says I have a huge > ego. That wouldn't fit in a narrow mind. The head is just the case for the brain, the mind is neither of the two, so chew on that for a while. -- bill-o |